10 Most Unique Guitarist In Alternative Rock Music
2. Jack White
As the new century was welcomed in with the fear that the Y2K bug would reset all of society, there was a general sense that rock 'n' roll could use a reset as well. During the latter part of the '90s, the rock charts were riddled with post-grunge acts like Puddle of Mudd, and nu metal groups like Korn and Limp Bizkit.
The guitar was starting to get a bad name. No longer was it a machine that kills fascist, it was a tool to promote bro-culture and vapid pop-rock. Luckily rock's salvation came when Jack White ripped onto the scene with the White Stripes. He offered up garage rock, played with all the ferocity of a punk and all the passion of a bluesmen.
This guy is responsible for writing some of the most simple yet recognisable riffs in all of music, "Hardest Button To Button", "Ball and Biscuit" and of course "Seven Nation Army". His uniquely erratic approach to the guitar hasn't dimensioned since his days with The White Stripes. If anything he's enhanced his naturally wild sound, with the adoption of ever more unhinged sounding effects.